School: Killeen, Granard (roll number 13752)
- Location:
- Killeen, Co. Longford
- Teacher: S. Ó Duibhgeanáin
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The Local Forge
The forge I know of it Patrick Mallons and his father was also a blacksmith. The forge is situated in Killeen and it is by the roadside.
It is of a fairly big size and the roof is thatched with straw. The door is a big one and it is the same shape as any other door but there are doors on some forges and the are shaped like a horse shoe. There is one fireplace inside.
The bellows is made from leather and there is a long tube where the winds comes out.
The tools that a blacksmith uses is a hammer an anvel a bellews a knife and a pincers.
When a smith is shoeing horses first he pares the horses feet and then he(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Katie Smyth
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolcor, Co. Longford
